S1.E1 ∙ The Sixties

The Homefront tells the story of the American people during World War II.

Fragments of several (mostly) silent films are shown. They're guided by quotes from, among others, Plato and Sappho and a soundtrack.

These are the atomic bomb tests that provided the answers that today are the core of America's nuclear weapon's knowledge. Formerly classified, this motion picture material documents Operation Tumbler Snapper, which detonated small yield atomic weapons to determine their effectiveness on troops, animals and buildings.

Imagine that your father is a Palestinian, and he had fought against Franco in the Spanish Civil War. Imagine that you have siblings, and you cannot talk to them because you do not speak the same language. Imagine that you have a family, but you were raised without parents... The film reveals the extraordinary story of a Palestinian family.

This documentary is the story of Turkish girls who are not allowed to go to university in their own country since they want to observe the Islamic codes and have their headscarves on. So they have to go another country to continue their education. Bosnia seems to be the best choice as it is quite close and there are a lot of Muslims living there. But they still face some unanticipated problems.

The filmmaker retraces her grandmother's Auschwitz survival story and investigates how her life-long fight against intolerance can be passed on to new generations in the 21st century.